Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-12-24
BRIEF MENTION.
Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.
Rabbit metal Of the best quality for sale
at this Office
The Briggs mill will start up in day or
wo on Oest rock.
The afternoon train now arrives in Dayton
at half past three.
The weather this week has been very cold.
No snow or storm.
E. L. Buckingham returned from his visit
to Carson last Sunday.
The little water mills along the canyon
aud river are frozen up.
George Barrett was in from Mason Valley
last Wednesday and Thursday.
B. I. thurman left for California Thursday
to be gone during the holidays.
Superintendent Westerfeld, of the Ophir
mill began putting up ice last Thursday.
George Shaw returned from California last
Wednesday to spend the holidays at home.
According to the White Pine Meas measles
prevail to an alarming extent in that county .
Eggnog and Tom and Jerry will cause
many shine to be cut at the saloons to.
morrow.
E. P. Lovejoy, Of Wabuska. was in town
on business Thursday evening and yesterday
morning.
J. L. Campbell began cutting ice yester
day. The ice is seven inches thick and very
clear and solid.
Miss Hattie Rabbit, who has been visit.
ing Mrs. D c. Fox, returned to her home in
Oakland on Thurday.
Miss Eta Sims, who has been attending
school at San Jose, returned on Thursday to
spend her holidays at home.
Robert Levers, Principal of the Dayton
school, left yesterday for San Franciso,
where he will spend the holidays.
John Lothrop has moved into the old NezOs.
Reporter office on Pike street where he will
hereafter have his store and postofice.
The morning train has been late every day
since the new time card went into effect and
yesterday the train did not arrive until three
Thos. Hall and Geo. w. Knerim, Of Ma
sen Valley were in town yesterday. Mr..
knerm had been in Carson on land business.
Col. Sutherland and several Englis CAPT.
talists went out to Candelara Wednesday TO
look at some mining property in that camp
and elsewhere.
Mrs Dan Swart has moved to Dayton to
reside. She is living in the thurman house
and will take few roomers at reasonable
rates; also do plain sewing.
Our advertising columns are so full that it
gives little room for local news. After next
month the rush will probably be over, then
our local page will be made more interest
ing.
Charley Watson is converting part of
Westerheld's horse shed on Main street into
an ice house, and will store enough crystal
blocks to last him through next seasons hot
spell.
Our serial story, "Snowbound," is left
out this week and in its stead appears a
Christmas story which will be concluded
next week. After then the serial will be
continued.
Charley Damon has returned from his
northern trip. He has purchased ranch in
Northern California, near Fall River, Shasta
county, and will move onto it with his fami-
ly in the Spring.
There seems to be some hitch about the
working Of the machinery in the new Cali
fsrnia mill in Virginia City. There is a
break down every little while, and then it is
feared that the new Boss continuous process
will not prove a success as too much quick.
silver is lost.
George Deyo, who returned to Aurora
several weeks ago from a visit to the Grand
Army Encampment a, St. Louis, says that
the soldier vote will GO solid against Cleve.
land if he is nominated, and that Blaine
will be the one to receive it, although mum.
Der are much in favor of Lincoln.
Mr.. A. Patagna returned to his home in
Gold Hill last Monday after doing the as
sessment work on his two claims the "Pay-
master" and "Enterprise" in Como. He
took with him some excellent looking speci
mems of ore from the former claim. The
rock resembles Comstock ore greatly, and
Mr.. Patagna believes that Como will some
day prove to be a second Csmstock.
A Lively Camp.
Virginia City is to-day the liveliest camp
on the Pacific Coast. People have left the